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4 .t l° - 7 ilhe hum& of the House, In perfect consonance with the sotiee the Right Hon. Gentleman was about to give. He would .not therefore consent to withdraw his resolution to make room for the notice of the Right Hon. Gentleman. 81r ROBERT 1111111418 , observed, that In a great many In. stances some parts of the rotes were appropriated to the benefit of the Catholic part of the parish. la the ease. of the parish of Moate, with which he was acqainted, the whole rate only amounted to 43/, and the first item was 101. appropriated to the I niaintenance of the Roman Catholic Cliapele the second, 101. for the Presbyterian Meeting louse. The first item continued to form is part of the parish rates for above five years, so ,that in this instance it was clear the Protestant part of the parish Wrevontribtiting gratuitously tit the comfort and coovenienee of j eethoiicsand Dieeenters,and the maintenunceof a rival Church. The Hon., Baronet continued to enumerate various, parishes in Which a' eorceidetithie proportion'of the'sums, levied as Church. retem, ha 1. been Appropriated-to the purposes of Roman Ca '` belie . education or Worehip, and if it would not have been too .wevere a tux upon the patience of the House, be could have gone, on much !timer .to produce instances - in proof of the liberality .and true catholic lulling, which governed the application of r tisteelands, On a former occasion, the Bight lion. Baronet 5' '4440004 kid Untitled to a special act of litrentlity, as forming an eXeeptien to the er,eneral temper of the Protestant (lentry of Ireleed, 'with regent to Mince) Catholic worship. This act of ertneifieettee ho could assure the. Right Hon, Baronet was not euliceey ; he wouldethention the liberality manifested by Lord Cretivize and his family, as even eurpaseing that of the instance ti.tlieded to, by the Bight Honourable Baronet. If agitators did. net put it into their beads, that they ought to quarrel, helirculy , believett that the Protestants and Catholics of Ireland stieuld meet together in vestry in perfeet, hartnony.—He had „ en return n o n- is a most reepeetable minieter of a parish, whiehetated that the number of parishioners usually assembled in lietet;t rsir e m e from sixty to a hundred, that he had regularly it i#ld'peso vestrree e great utter of veers, but 110 ae. i; oura ot t reerctive number of :etenhesami Pititestante bad lieen takett, because a difference of opinion between them bed lever existed. The It iglu Berunet lout spoken of the t!iturelt times ,as eeheavy garden upon the land owners of Ireland ; now the fact was that he hail never seen a rate above •t (petit. pet aere; notihink it therefore amounted to well is erievenceees to call for the inte,sposition of the Legisla. tore. lie knew, on the other hand, an instance its which rid. per acre had been levied for the purpose of building a Catholic Chapel, us a parieh where the regular Church hate was no ;Jere that) lid. The details of Ihe report, were no doubt cor rect, but the. inference attempted to he drawn from them was list erroneous. Tice tendency of the resolutions wss to .grade the Church Estsblishment, and he should therefore give it his decided opposition. Sir 11. Pit UN b' IA I did not rise with the hope of being able ,to add any thing to what had been already said on the subject the Itesolonons. There were however some important sub jeets connected with Ireland, on which be. would take that I.stirtntaty of soliciting ieformation, lie thought, and it was p.t, merely his own opinion, but that of :all the persons most .competent to form n judgment upon the subject, that the revi. esion 'if the Irish Magieerticy which had taken place, had not .keen carried so far as the welfare of the public required. The eeechilehment of Petty Sections had been, productive of great, benefit, and he felt anxious for sortie provision to secure the tierntanency of that useful inetinnittn. The county government of feel:mil was in a state which loudly called for improvement, lie had some years ego, when the Constabulary Bill was be. fete! the How, suggested the expediency ot appointing a Lerd Lieutenant in each Cenety, agreeably to the practice in England. .The late Lord Londonderry had diets promised ti -•t the suggestion should be consitleted. Ile had no doubt that the metoure would be most beneficial,, and he trusted that it would he now thought worthy of the serious deliberation of Governtnent. The Corporation 111agistracy and the Courts of Gel:wit - ewe greatly required reformation. Ile bad been inform. ea! one of the recommendinions of the out u of L4.v lequiry wits the creation of a new office in each county for the issue of webs. lie trusted that this recommendation would be received with great caution. lie did not see the least ne. cceetity for each a change, and he thought the power of issuing writs ought to be continued in the helots of die Sheriff. He trusted thet reetriction would be imposed upon the sub, I , ,eting of lend, A nd upon the abuses of distress ; and also, that itl".er ;don would be made in die present method of bringing e e eeeeems, which wtorso inef fi cacious as frequently to defeat tne rem , ely of the landlord. lie would beg leave particularly . t I!.quiv., whether it were intended to give to Ireland the be. that excellent law for tile. regulation of Juries, by site Bight lion. Gentleman opposite had acquired so cleiar upon the gratitude of lea)gland. He' would pot a , question with respeekto the new; Bankruptliaws. , eeen the abjure of einvernment to assimilute the trade lA . , A : ool ga . to tae an obvious peopriety in gu is same liattreta Laws to both. ;IduNKETT was .clieptieed to give, the Right Hon. • , every inforniation in Ins power. With respect .to tire laws, he Itad consulted with the courts in 'relent!, ee, karilatWilnes!g l ige9 tiMatilirtr§; As to the hill for regulating juries in this country, . ,) intreilueed in the last cession, and the intro , , . , had 'lone r,a Math credit to his Right no.. . , fee* Viol), he thought it would not . it upplicable to !IC:lend. It would be , ee, , the basis of that Bill onedstuul of re. cures:, teach e by overerters .of the pour and church, • , Now, in leilend they liatrtio overseers of the poitte' • • ej: ri they Would long tiontinne' without them-- :) -and as to the rieorne mode by churchwardens, idese• diet the lionottrable Baronet hintselr Would not t!,5; to r.,5t remits of jurors made by men holdingi, an office whith Roman Cittleilice were ea-eluded. 'litre were tt ee. pens of the detaile of the Bill which he also thought N!Atill Inepplleable CO IMatal at present. ft woulsl theret4e he better to watch the operation of the Bill here, and then etc: what pert' of it could he muesli: applicable to Irelatel. On the 'object of the eeihruis nettle in the Magistracy, the lion. Barn.: tee had nos suggested tiny thing, nor Was he (Mr. Plunkett> pr;•parod to say that any OeW measure. seee in the contempla. turn of ,the Irish Government. Since that reformation had been made, he . haul not heard any complaints 1)11 the inljeet, which on inquiry proved to be well.thutided. There was one eintiplelet utatic of the conduct. of a Learned Lord, in whose lepartne.nt the appointment of magistrates rested, that. he bail neglected to attend to a very serious charge agatnNt a Ma.: eietrate that charge, it was Said, was , that the Magistrate haul been guilty of the most oppres4ive anSilleeeti conduct—that the na.ies of the parties Were given, hut that no iniptiry was Made, and that the Magifttrate was continued in the (.3enunission; Nol the rticts of die eme Were, thet an inquiry hail he *dotted into theeontlect t( the Magistrate, and that the wb e l e charge from oegninont to end was nitogether without founda_ tion.—(llo4r, beer t).— tie haul ieltxted this one inecatice fo r the 1)1,14)00 or shoWinee the light gretind on which ciiiirgett respeeting the IVia,e,'istracy of Ireland were put forth. 11,2 also would take this opportunity of iliforniing the !honourable Baronet, that he Intel at present under his consideration at bill for extending to behind some of ill!! most material provisions contained in ,he very it' iluable act for amending the bankrupt laws tit 4igletni, which was passed last session. It would, or course, require seas considerable alterations to render 'lt , applicable, to ; hitt after it had been modified, he had no doubt lent that it world he rowel very servicettble for that country.. The Right lion. Moldier also mutated that he wits preparing a bill relating to the laiv of Landlord and `!tenant In Ireland, teethe excellent bill which prevailed in Bug land net the like mtbjeet, and which bill would, he conceived, remedy several abuses, and espeeially the one of double tlis. 'tress. In hie opinien the returns which had been read by the, Hon. 'Member for Dundalk, clearly proved that. there was nu want of liberality on the part of the Protesto.nes or JrciAmi to- Wards the Catito)ics of that c esiitry ; lie cocceived therefore that that the only purpteet whirl : Hon. Baronet could answer by pressing hi-, e: ; !tee. t mid be, Bait of evincing anger Lir the tet , e. •• •:, a rowdy lust the future. The ,• • , •• stilt as to the amount of the, rates which s., r.. e. the moiler in which they were levied ; •'''collenoti., that If any rates were isle_ gully ley H proper tellmealle that country. 14) acs:.., • ehlreseedfor a remedy, if the appli. cation were i• i%lr. ABEft( •' , , 1: wi'slwtl to inakt, a few °biter. Nitti , os on 14111..1- ; . ;! Hon. and Leamed man' ;• : Oet, , 1 the House that be purpoaed • 1.• ~,d by extending the statute , ;;• . :;; •.; • nankrupt Laws here to that . • .; !.? )did not moan to say that that „•,, , ; provisions, btu he beliuved timie who praised it nub , : , • the numbers of the, profvssion to which be had the I:6hour bCI wit; and who had IliOst fitad by it. It had hten. time lauded, and for a 'similar by the Coluis4i.uperh ef liankropto; but he felt it Ilia duty to say, that' he c0nd.A...r, , ,1 this cmu ; tment much' more cal. et d atct i t o Cat se taselc:o. t a • ban to promote the interests ,c ow 1 • have ;•ri At in come under let ope, . 0 ; 3 ,1 that no notice had .*„ ;:f`l4-itIV remedy the defects 1.01•:ich had in s.• t•• , ,-.t ; that statute. 111 , did consider t,k Lion « nevtlroised by the iti , flit lion. and . I, „ : , tmed ;, .- • . the Jury.bill, into Ireland— viz, that awn,. 0 4 the poor in 'that country— • • • '„ • a , ,01 !srtat , t , no rittes , oly that tol4 Meniotre e,,t! , t Ireland its precisely the same Way that it • ;al; -1.• in 'England : there could be Dr: o . o : tsztiOn tO cor.ft:rri . .4.; Or, :f ,i; , l what was good in that though it might ii:l , ,• - •• flow through other channels. "Jr. haw ' s , to (M'lt:inling the Jury - ISll twhi•:l l he bad had the,hono I,tr to Lai ;; forward tor this country) 7a.:; to Ireland. It was not nacessery that it Should in every yard cular follow closely and agree with the - Bill for England. In deed, he did not mean to say that that Bill was absolutely per fect, for, probably the working of an assizes would euggest such alteridittein that enactment as to cause a considerable improve ment treit. In his opinion it would be extremely geneficial for Ireland, if some officers were- appointed there to Correspond with our Lord Lieutenants. The Irish had at present an idea that the Government there was some mysterious thing beyond their comprebensior. ; whereas, were there some subordinate au thorities there, the people would become more familiarixed with the Government, which .would have a very beneficial effect. It might not, indeed, be quite so easy tamed with these officers in Ireland as in England, on account ,of the bitter being the sent of the Legislature, and the consequent absence from Ireland of those who were best fitted for such situations ; but still he trusted that by degrees this object might he efl'ected. He pur posed .proposing that the Bill for the consolidation of the laws relating to theft should also be extended to Ireland. The night Hon. Gentleman concluded by observing, that the Hon. Bart. might, by insisting on putting his resolution to the vote, record his own individual sentiments on this subject, but in other re spects hec, thought it would be a much more advisable proceed ing to follow the course recommended by the amendmen t. - Mr. OltArl'AN advised the Hon. ilitronet to withdraw •his. resolution, although he admitted that there had been some levies of a most extraordinary nature. In his opinion, what • would be moat advantageous for Ireland would be. to devise some plan for the education of the peasantret of that country. —lle himself had had the honour of proposing a measure fit r thin p urpose to the House, and lie was happy to hear a Noble Lou! in the other House recently approve of that measure ; and he thought that lion. Gentlemen here ought to be friendly to any plan which would render the lower classes of Ireland more intelligent, and thereby prevent their emigrating in such num. berm to this country as to create such serious additions ta the poor rates. Mr. C. HUTCHINSON was glad that the lion. Member for the - county of Wicklow hail directed the attention of the House to the devising of Jenne plan for educating the poorer classes of Ireland ; for it' was truly deplorable to behold the wretched condition of the peasantry in the south and western ' parts of that country. lie did not, indeed, wish the poor laws of England to be extended to Ireland. flu concluded by coin ' gieing the Hon. Illember for WatertOrd, to whose indefatigable and patriotic exertions he conceived Ireland owed almost all the benefieial eeuctinents she had received at the halide of the Legislature. Mr. MONCK was of opinion that this subject deserved the serious consideration of Parliament, and that a Committee ought to be appoihted to examine into the details of It. Mr. It. MARTIN gave his entire assent to the proposition which had been itubmited to the Howie by the Hun. Baronet.— Ile was of opinion that nothing would create so much dissatis faction in 'rebind as the circumetance of its being negatived.-- He thought that the lion. Baronet's resolution would serve well for the preamble of the bill which the Right Hon. Gentleman had proposed to introduce. He conceived that it would be itn posstble to introduce into Ireland a system of poor laws similar to that now existing in England. Something however must be Clone for the poor of Ireland ; anti the task of providing some legislative measure for their relief could be undertaken by no. body better than the son of the lute Henry Grattan. It that Ilonoorable Member would introduce a bill to effect to desir able u consummation, he (Mr. Martin) for one would undertake to support it. Alter a few observations front Mr. SPRING Meg, Sir JOHN NEW PORT rose to reply. Ile could not, he said, accede to the suggestion of withdrawing his resolution, because he had been so long a Member of Parliament as to have learnt the utility of putting it ou the journals. Years atter reeolutions had been negatived, he had seen them adopted by Government, and Bills brought in pursuant to their tenor. He should therefore adhere to Its original intention of placing his resolution on the journals. Nothing, he could assure the House, was further from his intention than to throw any impu tation by it on the Government of Ireland. He repelled with considerable warmth to the insinuation of his being hostile to the church establishment of that country, and contended that he hed not selected, tet he bad been charged with selecting, particular parts of the returns presented to Parliament for invie dious objects. In conclusion, he again lepeated that the taxes raised by this system bad been diverted prom their legitinutte objects, owing to the want of a direct and proper coatroul over them. After a few words, by way of explanation, from Sir It. Ire ants :star ?Alt. FT I 2:(7, Au), the resolutiuu was nega that". l'he amendment was then pt.t mei carried, antl leave I was givtu to bring in a llill'for coneulidating church-rates in ISlr. S. RICE, rafter a few obeervations reepecting the evils to which tile ereeent :system of collecting tolls and customs in Ireland gave rise, moved, Oa the purpose of remedying those evils) that eu humble address be, preeenttel to his Ildessestq, praying' that he would be graoously pleasted to order it commie sion for inquiring into the amount of till tolls and customs levied in felts, warksas..and tolonnete in leettoof ter from lilt 1014 r mot with respect to the expediency of the measure now proposed, he felt it necessary to state the grounds of his opinion, iu artier to prevent any mieunderstanding re specting the nature of the opposition he should offer. Ile could assure las non. Fritani thut he had no disposition to undid:anent , syetuttl in shish abuses might he Shown to exist; nod he wee rcatly so nib it that if they were fully and fairly brottolit berm the /louse, and Foul' at the same time given of the wadi tiudey or tlic 11,1vo to : prevent or to ptioish those abuses, tlirre would ban() pltitelti6ll as to tile triode in which rteirese should be afforatel. Uti l e Hon. Friend would beareteetimoily ilea when he (Mr. Iticee had mentioned this subject a the folehinitse or the present ,Steittioo, ~he ltad inforened his nee. kre t tel ilea it hed not escaped attention, and that the only reestin 1. its 1:,ot bciriK Chet: cote:red 'spot), was the difh. culty of peeeitling it emit:rectory remedy. In arguing this question, tlisiefOre, it must i.e assumed by he one that If the wide eintientitleti Or existed, the tiovermocot were indisposed to retnetly them. :The subjeet,eves in itself' not one of a ' ampl e nature. It would be remenehured that the greater part of the tolls in )parker.' ;mil fairs were collected under patents hehl by individulds. Ile MIS not prepared to delay that they might be, and that they were, an obstruction to the commerce of the country; bat tlibi obete uction, to slide extent as it reached, was (olive:' ~. Bill it apply to Ireland alone? Was not the setn(: system Feet kelt in every towti in this country where the tolls were colleetetiseae toted of them were) under the authority of letiyul patents? Within null' a mile of the spot in which they Were sitting; was not :the mantis system in daily operation ? The tells of Uoventsgartlensinarket were the property or one noble individual, and it was notorious that their collectiou gave rime to constarit , dieptitee. The effect of thteier intonate; were felt perticularly by the lower classes of the people, who brought ' their commodities to market, and, as fur WI they went, were an obstritetion ,to the trade of' the place. But. it did not follow that Witl4 no retire:6l;or. MST evil which might arise. It Witt' MK!, that tv.,411.np int ttoe of the House ha.it on u foroier octet goo poidted out tilitt MINNA M.S. one for, width remedy ought to lie 411 A ; the groutal of that recommendation ep. peered tb be chiefly rue at:count of the resistance which was ' offered to the paytuent of tolls, end the dieorders to which that resistance gave rise. Ile would out, however, agree that this was ground ter such a remedy as was, now proptate/I. If this reeisiance were conlieed in Ireland to the payment of tolls, then, indeed, some arguolt at might be raised upon it but when it was tonna to prevail very generally, and when the same reeietance was itared to the 'etymon it refits and of tithes, and 1111 other linen which parties were entitled to receiv e , and the same theatlers were the conisequence, he thought it wan too much to conclude that the law was therefore deficient, Ills own opittion, en the contrery, wae, that by application to the legal remedies, tend by that alone, the evil could be got lid nf. If gentlenten resid.mt mtheriteightsourlitiod of places where mils were, illegally exacted would tin which lie took to be the duty of such gentlemen, by letoling 11:cir advice mid assist fillet: to tiltper3oll3 by pointing out the m o d e o f le gaily obtaining retiree:4, ;Mil, it raced Were, fly leading the Way themselves, and makitig an example of $OllllO great °Kinder, ' there'svotild Wan be, sal 01111 Of the illegalitiee complained of, and the existing laws : ea, lit he tOtiod strong enough for all necessary purposes. The greitumt fatality wee afforded unt i es Yha preeent Acts to persoloi whet .1 1 441t0 Ctilliplain; th e re . clrees might be obtained before p e single Justice of the Peace and ulthttnhii o:4p r: of/err Ohleers• were in ineny instances the parties hetereered in the receipt . of the difficulty, too, had been, provided for Stswell by the _finpeeitam of heavy pecuniary fine on Justices denying redress, or refusing to ;let, asp by an enartineot that all tcatusea relating to corporits don righte ehould be sued out of the juriediction. Hut it' the motitso of his nous Priend were: agreed to, it avoid isjihrel no farther informatien then was already on the table of the House, in the list of fees taken in -ell the towns in !relent', by any other I - 1ud0:4 . 4y . tioni that of the Justie.c of the peace. ity that return, it appeared that there ivcre no less than 2,000 }intents );ranting tolls, and that in each of them the articles, amounted to tio or 00. It was obvious therelbre that to investigate this mobject properly, the cotioniesieners ought to itessertain, item by the legaluy of these toll's, and to .point not accurately whether they Were receivd by the inithority of of patent, or by the pectilier 'limit of things. 'rite imolai amount of thew toile were eaiti to be 1,500,0001. or 1,000,11001. It would be necessary to give compensation to the parties at ore sent entitipti to these t'il'ls; and be fOr one would never consent to the tioverromem making any bargain so extensive its this must necessarily be. For this reason, as well es on account of the Herculean labour which most be imposed on the commis sinners, Without the prebehle tertoli of any adequate good, lie ttmst decidedly oppose the motion. There WWI an other ground, and not, it less forcible one, on which that op poeition was founded. If this mod el) * ere agree d to , the int mediate consequence would be, .that the people of Ireland would receive it as evidence that Parliament had decided ou the general illegality of tolls, and there would not be a market or fair in which the people would net set ap a general resist ance even to that part which might be admitted to be legal. He he had been long enough in that- country to know how easily erroneous opinion were adopted when they happened to suit the notions of persons who were interested - in them. For these reasons—and above all, because there was already in Ire land a disposition to put by the law, and to resort to extraordie nary measures—he - was aver .e to granting the conanissien.,—!,.. lie was sure that nothing could produce a more lasting benefit to that country than to exalt the legal tribunals in theaninds of the people, and to teach them to look to them alenefer protec tion and redress on all occasions. Ile was nut disposed to resort to'any e xtraordinary remedy, but if the present law was fount) Inefficient, he would, upon the case being Made out, consent to its being remedied. air. D. BROWNE ridiculed the M j ideteof - appointing a a:- od:wino upon such a subject. No good would result from the proceeding. Commissions were perpetually being appointed to inquire into nubjects connected with Ireland; the persons com posing which were very well paid for their labours; and it was singular that their labours never were brought to a conclusioe. Ile trusted, however, that if a commission should be appointed on the present occasion, he should be placed at the head.— lie had served his country in Parliament for 43 year,„ and was therefore, he thought, entitled to expect sortie good 'appoint.. ment of that kind.—(A laugh.) Sir H. PARNELL stated,: that great abuses were perpe. trated ender the present system of levying tolls in Ireland, and that it was impossible for the poor peasants to obtain any re dress for them. • What was most provoking of elle however, was, that the money derived from tolls was not misapplied.— (A most other cases the object rim obtaining Money improperly was to apply it improperly; but here he muSt'ac knowledge that it was honestly applied. • Mr. PE Eh said, that if it could be shown that the existing law was not sufficient to afford redress to persons who .had been improperly assessed for toll, lie would mimic it would be a lair ground for calling upon Parliament to consider the ques tion. But to appoint commissioners to examine whether such . a case could ba-made otat, was perfectly absurd. It the prin. ciple of purchasing the . franchises of individuals were good, why not extend the application of it to England ? The toll which the Duke of Bedford collected in Covent...garden mar ket was, no doubt, considered very oppressive by those who paid it ; but nobody could dispute the right of the Noble Duke to impute it. Unless it could he shown that the present lew was defective, Parliament could not be called upon to legislate on the subject. The appointment of a commission he would decidedly , object to. Sir J. Nl' W PORT supported the Motion, The patentees of tolls in Ireland were generally corporate bodies, or very rich individuals, and with these it was quite impossible for the poor people who were the objects of their extortion to contend. One of the most objectionable parts of the present system was the administering of illegal oaths by the toll collecee a. Those col. lectors took their station at the " custom-gap" of a fair, with a stick in one hand, and a prayer-book in tire other.—(A laugh.) They swore the carters who brought goods to market as to the amount of their loads, and if' they_ were not satisfied with . the accounts rendered, they took sham:try vengeance with the stick.—(A laugh.> Mr. PLUNKETT remarked that the statements which, j had been made of the abuses of the present system of levying' tolls in Ireland must he greatly exaggerated, otherwise the' subject must have been brought under his official notice. If the tolls were :so extravagantly high as was represented, the country gentlemen, out of whose pockets they must prin cipally be paid, would not fail to make the grievance known, 81) as to reach the ear of tiovernment. The labours of a coin. mission um the subject would be endless, The number of toll franchises in Ireland amounted to 2,016, and each of them in. volved a right to about DI dithasunt kinds of toll. The corn. thissioners, therefore, would have upwards of 40,000 cases to investigate.—(A laugh and " hear !")-4t would be the work of generations—Al na or um, el fief naseentur ab —(A laugh.)—.lle Must aphis express hie belief that the charges of abuses under the existing system were too general, and made on two light grounds. The people would not submit to them, Gray's description of " SoMe village Hampden e that with dnunless breast " The little tyrant of Irk field withstorl,". • would not perhaps apply to Irelanth' But if that country was without village Hamptiens, she was in no want of legal Hemp dens.---(A laugh,)—The latter were iv description of per sons who were not likely to acquiesce under the implication of any grievance, and to whom tire expence Of procuring redress would not form a very important objection.—(it laugh.)—lf the lion. Mover could suggest. any plan for rendering. the. mode' of granting redress more e seineleary, he . would, pledge himself to- endeavour to carry it tato effect. It was suiv.,N3tett that titre patents for toile iii Icetaret elioulet be purchased by the public,' At due 1a west eetiiitate. the tolls in Iceland were worth 1,00,0601. a year. Parliament eJttlit not, surely, drink eentknien who hell the pateowlmik.t,tisoi 10,000,0004 1;e thought dist his Right huts. Friends' the Chan. c a m o f t i r 6 E xc h opter an d t h e pre,itit,n tof the Board of Trade would turn the matter in their minds a long time bt•lnre they renolved to part with such .a aunt for such a 'porpoee.---j (A laugh.)—With respect to ,illegal oaths, he pledged leunself, that deny satire of that nature should be brought under his notice officially, lie would direct the Crown Solicitor to institute a prosecution. Mr. M. FITZGEBALD mid, that nothing could be More deplorable than the ignorance of the Learmel Oentlemen, with, respect to the abuses of the system ire' tolls in Ireland. The existence of those abuses was notorious to every ; person 'out— nected with that part of the empire ; and that they had runt reached the ear of Oovernuient was. a proof of the po ver ty and wretchedness of those who endured diem. The tuna hail beers proved to have been levied 'where speCific Acts of Per- liument had provided guardians to aid their operation......l In the linen trete, there were certain aideleS ekenipt6tl frem.l toll, but in most of the markets its the south pi' Ireland there stns a te n l ev i e d on those articles. What was worse, the power of the toll gatherer woe eeercieed in Ivey to pros mote the frauds in the trade which their office sus instituted. to check. The toll-gatherer asserted his; right to examine the article carried to market ; but received a bribe to overlook an article Lustily • ouarittfactured: lie (Mr. Fiti f eerald) knew this to i r l o t s e e nt coin lii be the feet, to his capacity, of Magistrate, ,'et lie was preparedto agree to a simple remedy ; and Weill& t4ii;gest 'th a t where tolls were disputed by ,poor person"; remedies, aid should be tiffbrded there for that purpose. He did not • concave: that .his "tight 'Ban. Irritlud (Mr. ehailleirn) could know much of the country ; i knew a meretary it 'lreland who knew much of thateemitry ; nor a learyer who knew mulch of any country at all-4A t Sir JOHN . BRY DUES denhal the insinuation whi c h had been thrown out, that, justice was nut administered in Ireland equally to the poor as well as to the rich. Sir , iOHN NEWPORT had never asserted the' contrary. ' All he said was e that if the law w.t :.0 expensive that Life poor it trot 'get its assistance, •it was a practical denial of jars' = to him., • Mr. It. MARTIN (of' Cialway) knewthat in the county h e represented, gross abuseS existed_ in levying tools ; and the greatest abuses of all in the town of Oalwity Itself. Nothing could equal the atrocity of the abases. They eXiste.i to such a does!, that the landholders round , Galway ieund t h e vi a, of .l their land reduced two, three, and four shillings an acre, through .the exorbitant, tolls. He appealed Ilk the truth of his essernotel to his Hon. Colleague, who had been a defendant in ' a suit where the Corporation brut been charged with exe.Rion at' illel;rdi tolls, which su it had been some years in the Colin - of' chart- eery. Ile (Ma. Martin) was disposed to agree with the Atter- I ney.Getayeal for trelend, that remedies did . now exist, tile I greatest abuses belag'hi cases where the toll Was exacted against the law. Though the law might be equally administered in Ireland, it was not accessible, any more than the City of Loodon Tavern, to those who had no money• lee tire Attorney.f.lentral. that for Ireland had declared he Woiddalirect tire Crowe Solieiter to prosecute where abuses were diseoveretl iiil l v i d, e n r .o e A c b u i ) se i v u be te id, n r d rt e hje d vaet t r i tt it i the motion should not be pressed. The to the cuirject of the shuttles in Calivay, C ti o re u t r o t lls )f n b e et c bud t if. i i ( i l l e e i g t 1 , 11 e case haellidfaceirtirele)iliiitileettc; hhn. Mr. DAIS (the other Member ft 4 u lj e lt t i l i t i a k tv g ay) self with considet.blc warmth against the statements Of the lion. Member (Mr. Martin), to which he gave the most decided .contrad irtioll, if r. it".." - iIIARTIN here made some rentark, which occa sioned load and reiterated cries of " Order !" " OrcV3'!" Alt. DALY repeated his contradiction. There had ip.:eri no. thin illegal in the transaction referred to. The I lon. Mein.' bet tad said he (Mr. Daly) Wit i i d e fenthmt in a suit. 11 r. AI A ltT I N..... 1 do. T h. 8 11:,A KEIL rtLtitimed the lion. Member to abstain trout interruption. Mr. 31ARTIN apologized to the Howie. Mr.' DAIX admitted he bad la.:•ii defendant in a suit 4.4 member of the corporati on , but the Court had instantly dia. ciliog , Jd hint froni 4dl blarne.—(Hear, hear!).- - lii. I lon. Gen. tleman complained of the se at t ac k s u pon brim, of 1 % 1110 ' 116 had not been the first instanc e ., and defied the worhl to say that h e ever took one farthing of the public U ltifiey. lie was not aware of any illegal tolls taken in the town of Galway : if th ere tawwere, a taw shillings.Wraild enable a person to try the right......' 110 again denied that any person could prove, that as a magi, straw of that city he had illegally or improperly conducted hire. self.--(Haar 1) Mr. MARTIN did not charge the lion. Alember with any Improper conduct ; he did not therefore make any apology to him, for he had abstained from imputing any suen conduct to him, lie put it to the House ) Whether he had cliarg t d the lion. Member with receiving money. lie (Mr. Martin) merely said that illegal tolls were taken at Galway, and he said it with• out intending to give offence-to, any man.—lie said likewise th'ar the tolls - were improperly applied, but he did not charge the, Hon. Member with misappropriatim them. Mr. CARDS WILSON made a few remarks which were inaudible. • - After some conversation 'between Mr. (;OULBIiP.N, Mr. PLUNKETT, and Mr. S. Iticu, the latter Member withdrew motion, with an understanding that a- select cothinittee ,ottli,l be accedia to with limited power,, to ascertain whether any and wit& remedrean be applied-to the existing 100 with out trenching; upon private rights. BANK OP :IRELAND. Sir 11. PA ANELL rose, according to notice, to present his memorial upon the state of di,: Bank of Ireland ; hut, from the confusion .prliduced by Members quitting the House, very few of -the "'minable - BaronePtrobservations could be cot lewd. The exclusive privileges held by the Bunk of Ireland, as it seineel to him, and to a :great portiefte of those whom he.represented,- were highly injurious to the welfsre of that country.. One obvious effect of them was, that while alt the provinces-, of Ireland were conveniently accommodated and supplied by means of joint stock banks, the great. commercial city of Dublin ' ivas shut ' out from participation in the same .. advantage. Under ' these • circumstances (desiring to deprive the Bank Of Ireland of none of their rights withoutadequate cointiensation), , he ,was charged with a me intiiialfront several merchants of Dublin, praying the llotise to consider of ihe'expellicneY of malting a new bargain with the BaniClif Ireland, by which the establishment of joint-stock. banks in Diiblin should be permitted. The persons by whom the'irienioritl was signed were of the highest respectability and consideration ; ' and he should merely conclude by moving, that it should be laid upon the table. The CHANCELLOR of the E-V:IIEQUEIt said, that he had never keen the memorial in question. The Honourable Baronet had brought it down to the Treasury on the pre ceding day ( Wednesday) ; but certainly it had not reared him (the Rt. lion. Gehl.) lie wished that the lion. Bart. had giVen a little 11401 - C time previouS to - asking - whether the production of the memorial could be cOrisented to ; although, as the case stood, he Should not feel it necessary to O'er any tiartieular objection to it. At the same time, he was bound to say that he' did not consider it a light request to ask the Government, at once, and by are het of ' mere authority, .to quash the char tered rights of such a body as' the Bank of Ireland. If the lion. Baronet could prove that that body had done any act in. consistent with the terms of their charter, there might be some ground to interfere ; but it was a very different thing to talk of _pressing the Ilinise at once to put an end to that charter, upon a mere speculative view of advantage that might be derived, supposing that charter not to be in existence. Sir 11. PARNELL declared his strong opinion that, when. ever a proper opportunity presented itself, the project of the memorial might be sustained, upon the view of giving full compensation. - After a few words front Mr. S. incr. and Mr. Iltion Es, the memorial Walt tigreed to be received. I)EBTOtt AND CREDITOR ARRANGEMENT BILL. Mr. BRIOIIT ninved the second reading of his Bill for altering the hiw as regarded arrangements between debtor and creditor.' As'the law now Stood, it deed signed by a debtor making over his propbrty to trustees fur the benefit of his cre ditors. constituted ill act of bankruptcy. This was a great grievance ; and the intent of the • new Bill was to take the act out of the limits of bankruptcy. . According to the existing law, too; such' a deed of trust must be signed by every, creditor, or it was invalid ; his (Mr. Bright's) Bill made it valid wheit signed by seven-eighths. He (the non. Member) was con vinced that th 6 Bill would be felt as a great boon in the com mercial World; as enabling parties in many eases to avoid the 1 expellee attendant upon commisaionii of bankruptcy. The Bill was then read 6 second thine, and committed for Monday. next; WAYS AND MEANS. • On the Reptirt of Ways and Means being brought up and read,' 111 r. HUME desired to ash the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it was his:intention' to propose any reduction of taxes during the prest•nt Session ? Tne CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that, as his general expb,aion would come on at an early day, he must decline answering that question. i\lr. 1111310'hoped, then, that the Right Hon. Gentleman would also decline asking the House, in the mean time, to vote any tuxes. The CllANcELLoltof the EXCHEQUER said, that the Resolutions befo're the House did not go to any rote of money. The Report was then read and agreed to. • • WEST CLERGY. , 111 r. lIERIttEri moved to bring" to nnitnd the Act or hi,t rti.iking provision tier the salaries of litillops and other clergy in- Junciaica, - Barballoos, and the laieward Islands ; and Kist, enabling the Crown to gran: annuities to bishops re tiring. the Hon. Gentleman intimated that no new expellee Tit/ charge had helm nucle i :with reference to these salaries, upon the four and :A half per cent. llarhatloes duty. 111r.-11Ell that none had. , A Bill waM brought in to give efrect to coinuiercial treatiem vitt) States of South America not - yet provided With national ,ilippitig.—Reittl a first tittle, and ordered to be read u second time on Monday next. The Annual fridetnntty Bill was also brought in.—lte4i a flint time, and - ordered tn be read ft 3Vel)liti time to.rnorrow. Time ((Mae then adjottred at Et-"Evuu• O'CLOCK. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. FEn. la.—The following! Gentlemen of this University were ordained on the 2d inst. by. the I,ord Bishop of Worcester, at ilardebury Castle rieits—Clnirles Ed.,Carles, 8.A., Catherine Ball; Dunn, B.A.,Queen7s College, , • • • Deacons--John Lane Freer, 8,A., rinity Cpllege John Vernon, Emmanuel College. Mr. Henry 'Unites has, vacated his seat for Coda Castle, in order to beconm a c an did a t e f or t h e county o f D orset, and there is every probability dint lift will be rpturned without opposition. We presume this is th e gr o u nd u p on w hi c h a report has been circulated of Ali*. William John Bankes's intention to retire from ; the representation of this University, a report which we are authorized distinctly to contradict, the rem success of his . present movass, enc o ur ag i ng hi nt most confidently to look for ward tu hi, re-election at the enmuingdissolution of Parliament. On Friday last a meeting of . the President and Members of the Royal ead was held in the council-room of the Society, in. the apartments .oceupied by them. in Somerset.house, when 'William Wilkins, Esq., M.A., of Caius College, was elected a Royal Academician, by, a very large_majority of votes in his favour. The Rev. Henry Pepys, MD, of St. John's College, rector ilf,il%)edial liens, has been collated to the prebend of Barton David, in the cathedral church of 'Wells. • The. Rev. Joseph Markham Parry has been instituted to the vicarage of North MUskliam, Notts, on the presentation of the Rev. Saltine! Franek Dash Wood, prebendary of Southwell. The Itev. Itel)ert . ktrilson, 11. A., was last week instituted to the rectory of Ash wel thorpe, with Wrcningham.cutn-Nayland annexed, No r folk,. on t h e p res e n t at i on o f R o b ert Wilson, bsq,, of Didlington. The: Archbishop of York has been .pleased to licence the Rev. Charles Musgrave, M.A., vicar of Whitkirk, Yorkshire, late Fellow of Trinity College, to the perpetual curacy of St. John's church,. in Itoundhay, on the nomination of Stephen Nicholson, Esq., of itoundhay.park, at whose expcnce the church hits been recently built and endowed. The Lord Bishop of. Durham has appointed the Rev. 'Thos. Singleton, B.A. Rector of Elsdon, in that diocese, and domes. tic Chi)lain to the Duke of Northumberland, to the dignity of A r,:lideacoti of Nortltunberland, vacant by .the death of the venerable R. G. Bonyer. • The election of a Repreientative for the UniverSity of Ox. ford is expected to take place on Wednesday the 22d inst. ComstractAt. TEr.caltAPlL—it may be in the recollection of some Of our readers, that, about twelve months ago, a proposition was submitted to a number of merchant's in this town, for the es ablishment of a Telegraph for the transmission of commercial intelligence between Liverpool and Manchester. We understand that Lieutenant Watson (the gentleman by whom the plan was Originally brought forward), and his brother, are now in this town, and that they are about to set on foot an establishment of this kind at their own expence and risk. We confess, however, we cannot look with any confidence to their receiv ing a degree of support sufficient to remunerate them for their trouble.—(lllanchester Mercury.) The Adde STANISLAW STALSZIC, Polish Mi• nister of State, died at Warsaw on the 20th Jan. lle . has left his whole forlune, amounting to 800,000/., to public institutions. AMERICAN PAPERS. CONGRESS or PANAMA— —1 here is more time consumed in the Senate at Washington on this subject than suits the eager views of some brethren of the Press. Have patience good people, there is not a doubt that the Senate of the United States under stands the matter; that it knows the sect to very important to the commercial interests of ottiOuntry:--that it is fully aware of the asiditi; With which oilier nations Ire heady to Pounce upon the " good trade" of the South. Our humble efforts have been industriously devoted to showing our readers the ruinous schemes which European nations would adopt to interfere with the com merce of the United States and South America• . Every confi dence is placed in the wisdom of our Senate on this momentous subject.— (National Advocate.) PHILADELPHIA, J. 19.--The subject of the Mission in Panama has not yet been decided upon in the Senate. It is . said that it meets with serious opposition in that body, the par. ticulars of which (the Proceedings of the Senate on such sub. jects being confidential) we have it not in our power to disclose to our readcrs._(Nuliunal Intiilig►cncer.) 11. de Chateaubriand predicts, in the Paris Journal des De..! bales, that British diplomacy will appear ut the Congress of Panama, and work underhand- against . the. principle or, the sovereignty of the people, which the Congress may proclaim: in general terms. Ile thinks that the object of the freedom of religious worship will prone a stumbling block ;that a mutual guaranty of territory will be - attended with difficulties ; that Brazil, with her imperial diodein, will, make an awkward and anomalous figure at the Congress ; that Great Britain will be intent on the interests of her trade and manufacuirea. and those of.the monarchical cause, and France remain insignificant ire. all the great projects of alliance, mutual defence, &c. which may be eifected.—(Not: Gazette.) ' • The steam boat Grecian, had been sunk at Fort Adams, while taking in a cargo of cotton. The boat, however, was. subsequently raised, although the cargo was considerably-IP jured. Salt beef is retai ling in . New Orleans, at the enormous pries of 2.1 cents per pound. Other articles of necessity in like pro portions. Other articles of necessity in like proportions. prod yet money was never before so scarce—not even when the city' was besieged by General Packenham. The New Orleans Editors anticipate, that the events of the ensuing year will cause the- planters of Cuba. to emigrate to th e . United States; and they ate beginning to advocate the grant ing them permission to bring their swarms of slaves. It ' lll whispered that considerable tsincss in the line of smugg lin g . ' has been done at New Orleans during the last Autumn. The papers complain of the dullness of the cotton inarketa-e The English houses have, as yet, purchased no more than 71itt or 800 bales of the new crop.. Their purchasee, last year,. vier more than treble that quantity before this date.—(N. e tll- '• mercial Advertiser.) Accounts received from New-Orleans state, that the ICom mercial affairs of that city weer a very gloomy asPeet• French house ofSabatief and Geinia had failed, and it. was ,re ported, that one of them h a d f orge d notes arid checks to w i c, amount of 1;50,000 dollars, and abscond e d with the proceeds . 'l' is said the Court of the Muted States had, in some cases, stopped the proceeding under the State laws in favour of insolvents. The small pox was still continuing its ravages, and a "Itnt raß.* tins on passengers had been established at Natchez. , re " A resolution was introdu ce d i n th e M assac h us etts Legn!'", titre, on the 'jai instant, to consid er , th e ex p e di e ncy of.talt ln b all banks in the State, for the increased capital they Marti, arising from bills or notes in circulation b ea ring i nter est, and also for cash received in deposit, for which Interest Is allowed. Among the Florida productions which merit notice, the 1'1! • Pensacola peper points out to us a vegetable wax, which made from a wax which grows luxoriantly on the poorest uf the territery. This wax is said to he of the beet or ue lity for the manufacture of a/miles. The lied Bay wood o retriil" mahogany, is itell g e n on s , an d is said to have beenmade Op In cabinet furniture, and equals in beauty the Haw imported riu" Ildganr, • except In it/ - •.4*r, Wilkie is not so dark;, but this is -' • 4:.utt which it is expected that age will cure. ~IIEXICAN Ft 24-4 .?:Crlsae-Aceordhiaatii p serairl e . presented to • the Con, rces of 3lexico, the receipts of the revenue for the ado 1825, were eatimatea'at 12;277,41 dollars, of which 2 1 47ti,d1 5 are the produce of foreign loans, 1,275,732 of duties on imports anti exports, and 2,317,127 of the contingents of the States. —The ordinary eapenditures of the year are estimated at 10,292,687 dollars; of which 'were ler the department of 1,310,785 fir the marine, and 1,013,143 for the deport" inept ; -- 2 tir f ti o n le tin s c i e x . i t s hs, KeLe r d e tl ) ) l. . ce it c' l3- WOO nearly equal to the estimate/1 produce of that, b ra nch lot. the year. Alexiciahas obtaineel two f ere i gn !;pans, one in 182.1, at u iou per ll ce r 7: : , of 3,200,01g1 pound s s t er ling, and the otherof the seine a in 1.P5, ti cent.,--(RtaieftAdvertiser)., . • The Charleston rapers announce ate arrival in that p ort t , the Miles,' Brandi s h.' from flavarlah, britiging Papers to r 25th ult. It is stated in a letter to the Editor of the Soulful Patriot, 'that the total nurneer of troops which had tor'i re , there was IMO. Exchange on th e is :li e :f t st a tes 5a h Pf eil ' . soma itioernea—There le a " dreadful scarcity" in England; Italic from the follovring article, extracted from the Perrsanotith. journal,' that there is a greater scarell, of it in the eaetern etatee. We have bought too much an", sold too little. Mime:lse quantities of British good* hi l t ' been Arca upon us, through auctions, and the cotton *eat 1- fion has been extensively destructive. • IL it- The dem . and for. money •at this. time throughout New -"- hind is great beyond all precedent, and its cause is as inser", , table as its terfhinatioll is uncertain. We are informed dlai the best noteein iluaton, payable at a future day, arc oll . c ic t„' at a- disauunt of one halt and two per cent. a mouth ; - other words, that the interest or money is at the rate of eighteen and twenty-four pee cent. per aromin ! This state ef. thlng s ,a unprecedented in this country, and unless soon tenninan. ' mum lead tueerious consequencee.—OVUes' s Register.) • ,ji be TIM CO 1.03:1,11. MADE ACT Or ti ItLIT Bit Pr al • Atte/Mee t' • I . raie.a. ass submitted to the noose of Aeserna -, Centel, eeveral resolutions with regard to this Act, which, " agreed to, he wished - sent to the Upper house tar eanctirrenceelei, and then to be transmitted to the English Admieistration. . • his speech, he said that an alteration in die clause prohibiting W e import of Amerielet eititiona of new reviews, travels, novels/ of money &e a of which there is a copyright in England, was desirable, as many of them are cheaply and speedily reprinted in this city,' • ltwiton, or The I'M resolution Advil/eau - greater diarenee to be made between the duties vaid by colonists and the pe.eple of the States on tobacco. 'I he present duty wits 3s. 9,1. 00 the former, and 4s. on the latter.. lie wished to make the difference Ga. iu favour of the colonists. Another rest lution recommeaded all duties to be taken off personal • baggeoe, trevellino carriages, plants shrubs, trees, garden- and other seeds, tallow, raw hidea, hi - limited into C. from the United Stares. Another resoiutiou was in faveur 01 136 4 allewed to impose duties on fruit tied vegetables from the United States, tie else that England would do so. •He adverted' • - to beef, poste, tobacco, paper, &c., and gave as a reason Oil Ainerfean glass of an inferior quality found its way into Upper Canada, the imperfect communication between UN eland LI Canada; compared wait the easy transportation on the Erie (;anal.—(Nev. , Yen Evoni)g.r Post.) ter ‘r C N' ASLIINTO Cor John Sessford hpe as as. his aneual statement of the progress of this metropolis. It pears that th e re are 2,531 buildings iii the city, of which dwelling-hou s es and 15 stores were built during the past Year and the present p opu l at i on i s esti:awed.. at liitte2s. extent of new foot pavements laid is given, and is - very considerable ; and the city; generally, is improving' .. —A frigate and a sloop of war are building ail the e t ut i ,,Y, • . Prd- The dal/dm during the last year, Were '225-0 4 z i l i t ti l ry 2 , l ll c . hih l i ) r i e se n as ; e g s r fc 't e c n s e t u n n u i r i l , l t b io e i r e i 2 n 9 j ; u t l l;ol 3 e s ra i ir l i e fa a i s i t ta i i n t all ,iorts of fever 22, chiefly bilious ; hooping cough vuleione lei • cholera 14 ; still born 10 ; croup t; ; sudden la; dee"Y - 7'; old age else 5, o: under. . of 'r it a et) o.—A n Irish paper states that the bat tle a Weterloo was won, not so Muth by " Birmingham steel and British valour as by American gold"—in other words, that widow, t: , delay the arritn,l ai his fi>rces at t y he scene of (arm:tale' was brake: by a certain illustrious bride, the Pet and that the douceur so opportunely bestowed constitutes Dar t ut' the claim which it is reported the fair tish Government." [We presume that the lady alluded to is-the present I) l i t r- s chitatess Wellesley, late Mrs. Patterson,- and forinerlf• Caton, of Baltimore. But we had no notion before, am' do w e . believe now, that she was an agent in ptirchtising the field ° t Waterloo, though among those who have thought that gold ware !Wore efficient in producing the result of the battle than iiterleja' (Niles's I?egister.) has upon she ltri actut